Bending Branches

It all started back in 1982, when whitewater and touring canoeist Dale Kicker and flat-water racer Ron Hultman teamed up to create the first composite-tipped canoe paddle. This unique innovation, called Rockgard®, revolutionized the paddle industry and gave birth to Bending Branches.

Since then, paddles from this small, privately held company located in beautiful Osceola, WI have propelled more than a million paddlers and Bending Branches continues to be one of the most well-repected, producers of quality canoe and kayak paddles.